Plan will likely involve five to eight flights a day, with San Antonio potentially among departure citiesHow thousands of Haitians ended up at the Texas borderThe Biden administration on Saturday was working on plans to send many of the thousands of Ha…
‘A feeling of deja vu’: author Sergio Ramírez on ex-comrade Ortega and Nicaraguan history repeating
The country’s greatest living writer feels ‘surprised, bewildered and assaulted’ after the president issued a warrant for his arrest and seized copies of his new novel about the 2018 uprisingSergio Ramírez, Nicaragua’s best-known living writer, hero of…
Nicki Minaj claim that Covid vaccine can cause impotence dismissed by Trinidad and Tobago
Minister says health officials found no evidence that any patient reported such side effects: ‘We wasted so much time running down this false claim’Trinidad and Tobago’s health minister has dismissed claims by the rapper Nicki Minaj that a cousin’s fri…
‘It was either me or him’: Canadian sergeant who shot fellow officer testifies
Police officer who was shot nine times is on trial for assault after allegedly attacking sergeant in confrontation over bathroom breakA Canadian police officer who was shot nine times by a colleague is now on trial for assault over the confrontation th…
Canada: Alberta healthcare system on verge of collapse as Covid cases and antivax sentiments rise
A province that has long boasted of its loose coronavirus restrictions has also been the site of North America’s highest caseloadsA surge in coronavirus cases has pushed the healthcare system in the Canadian province of Alberta to the verge of collapse…
Abimael Guzmán, leader of Peru’s Shining Path, dies aged 86
Founder of Maoist insurgents that terrorised Peru in 1980s and 1990s dies in military prison where he was serving life sentenceAbimael Guzmán, the founder and leader of the Shining Path, the Maoist insurgents which terrorised Peru in the 1980s and 1990…
Mexico activists celebrate abortion ruling as a sign of culture change
Justices decision to decriminalise abortion was based on human rights arguments and will mean fewer criminal investigationsActivists in Mexico have hailed a supreme court decision to decriminalize abortion, saying it would stop the legal prosecution of…
‘It feels like home’: why are Black Americans moving to Costa Rica?
The Caribbean coast of Central America’s safest and most stable country offers Black expats a life that is less stressful, more affordable, and free from the burdens of everyday racism When she first set foot in Costa Rica, Davia Shannon knew instantly…
Mexico’s supreme court rules criminal penalties for abortion unconstitutional
Court orders Coahuila to remove sanctions for abortion from criminal code, clearing a path to decriminalisation across MexicoMexico’s supreme court has struck down a state abortion law, ruling that criminal penalties for terminating pregnancies are unc…
Bolsonaro diehards take to streets of Brazil to urge firing squads and coups
Thousands rallied in the capital behind the far-right populist but polls suggest his presidency is coming off the rails ahead of next year’s elections André Meneses made a gun sign with his hands to convey what he thought should happen to those who opp…